I wish I had better news to report. Max is still in a comma. He's no longer on Pheno and they reduced his keppra dose down to 250mg today. He's still on something to reduce the swelling in his brain. His blood pressure started to drop around lunch time today and his respiratory rate dropped and his temp dropped down to 98, but by the time we got to the hospital it had started to get better. His respiratory rate went back to relatively normal, and his body started to regulate his temperature again. His blood pressure was still fluctuating when I left earlier this evening, but they're monitoring and adjusting his fluids accordingly.
When they get his BP back to normal he has normal reflex reactions in his eyes. At one point I did see his eyes and ear move on their own, but it was short lived. What we're hoping is that the drugs will get out of his system enough that he'll start to wake up. They're working on flushing him.
So far his kidney and liver seem to be functioning well.
They realized that you can't give chinese herbs rectally because they are absorbed in the stomach through digestion, not the colon / rectum so unfortunately we can't give him the Stasis of the mansion of the mind. Today we did give him the yunnan baiyao with the medicine that shrinks swelling in the brain. Hopefully that will help carry the Yunnan Baiyao to the brain and stop the bleeding, break up the clot and help reduce the pressure. It's pretty much a wait and see kind of a thing right now.
Kind of a scary day.. I think he's still in there though. I sat and pet him for about 3 hours today. Please keep my sweet little guy in your prayers and thoughts and send him some good energy!
When they get his BP back to normal he has normal reflex reactions in his eyes. At one point I did see his eyes and ear move on their own, but it was short lived. What we're hoping is that the drugs will get out of his system enough that he'll start to wake up. They're working on flushing him.
So far his kidney and liver seem to be functioning well.
They realized that you can't give chinese herbs rectally because they are absorbed in the stomach through digestion, not the colon / rectum so unfortunately we can't give him the Stasis of the mansion of the mind. Today we did give him the yunnan baiyao with the medicine that shrinks swelling in the brain. Hopefully that will help carry the Yunnan Baiyao to the brain and stop the bleeding, break up the clot and help reduce the pressure. It's pretty much a wait and see kind of a thing right now.
Kind of a scary day.. I think he's still in there though. I sat and pet him for about 3 hours today. Please keep my sweet little guy in your prayers and thoughts and send him some good energy!
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